Updates About Field Default

Updates the about column to have a default of an empty string. Curse you, MySQL!

app/Models/User.php

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use App\Notifications\VerifyEmail;
 use App\Traits\HasCoverPhoto;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Casts\Attribute;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo;
 use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsToMany;
@@ -209,6 +210,24 @@ class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
         return $filters->apply($builder);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Handle the about default value if empty. Thanks MySQL!
+     */
+    protected function about(): Attribute
+    {
+        return Attribute::make(
+            set: function ($value) {
+                // MySQL will not allow you to set a default value of an empty string for a (LONG)TEXT column. *le sigh*
+                // NULL is the default. If NULL is saved, we'll swap it out for an empty string.
+                if (is_null($value)) {
+                    return '';
+                }
+
+                return $value;
+            },
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the disk that profile photos should be stored on.
      */

database/migrations/0001_01_01_000000_create_users_table.php

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ return new class extends Migration
             $table->string('email')->unique();
             $table->timestamp('email_verified_at')->nullable();
             $table->string('password');
-            $table->longText('about');
+            $table->longText('about')->nullable()->default(null);
             $table->foreignIdFor(UserRole::class)
                 ->nullable()
                 ->default(null)